Bangladesh are certainly a dangerous side: Smith

Australia skipper Steve Smith isn’t taking Bangladesh lightly and calls the Tigers a ‘dangerous side’.

Bangladesh lie at ninth in the Test rankings but Smith isn’t counting them as deadbeats.

"They've improved significantly over the past couple of years, particularly playing at home, and knocked England off at home in a Test last year," Smith said.

"They're certainly a dangerous side."

Smith was relieved to be able to focus back on cricket after the bitter pay dispute ended.

"I haven't picked up a bat in about two months - and that's rare for me," Smith wrote in his column for Fox Sports.

"I haven't had a break like this in a long while, so I'm excited to get back into hitting."